petalism
noun
pet·al·ism
-lˌizəm
plural -s
: an ancient Syracusan method of banishing for five years a citizen suspected of having dangerous influence or ambition compare ostracism
Word History
Etymology
Greek petalismos banishment by voting with olive leaves, from petalon leaf + -ismos -ism
- undefoliated
- undeformed
- undegenerate
- undeified
- undeifies
- undeify
- undeifying
- undelayed
- undelegated
- undeliberate
- undeliberateness
- undelight
- undelightful
- undelightfully
- undeliverability
- undeliverable
- undelivered
- undelude
- undeluded
- undemanding
- undemandingly
- undemandingness
- undemocratic
- undemocratically
- undemocratize